Indirect bio-feedback health and fitness management system

Abstract

A health and fitness management system that employs an algorithm to determine suggested recommended actions for a user to improve their health and fitness. The system obtains a user's health indicating measurement from a respective acquisition device. The user is never informed of the acquired data. The health indicating measurement can include a heart/pulse rate, blood pressure measurement, weight, etc. Base line data (age, ideal age, initial weight, current weight, ideal weight, etc.) can be considered in the algorithm. Examples include the user's environment, sleep habits, exercise routines, medical records, and the like. The health index number is used to determine recommended actions, which can include changes to environments, routines, activities, etc. Data collection, the algorithm, and other features of the system can be provided by an Application operating on a portable computing device. Features of the portable computing device can be employed to automatically acquire data for the algorithm.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method of managing health and fitness of an individual, the method comprising steps of:
 a) acquiring a health indicating measurement of the individual using a health indicating measurement acquisition device, wherein the health indicating measurement acquisition device is configured to not directly or indirectly convey the health indicating measurement to the individual; 
 b) providing an output including the health indicating measurement from the health indicating measurement acquisition device to a computer processing device, wherein the computer processing device is remote from the health indicating measurement acquisition device and operates in accordance with an algorithm included within an operating instruction set; 
 c) calculating, by the computer processing device, a health index number of the individual as a function of the output including a value of the health indicating measurement and at least one age value associated with the individual, in accordance with the operating instruction set; 
 d) utilizing, by the computer processing device, the individual's health index number to determine a trend of the individual's health and fitness at a current time compared to a previous time; 
 e) utilizing, by the computer processing device, the trend of the individual's health and fitness to determine and present guidance, by at least one display device coupled to the computer processing device, to the individual, wherein the guidance is configured to improve the management of the individual's health and fitness; and 
 f) presenting, by the at least one display device, at least one of the individual's health index number and the trend of the individual's health and fitness to the individual, wherein the health indicating measurement includes at least one vital sign of a user.